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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

Man sent to France under ‘one in, one out’ scheme returns to UK on small boat

People in life jackets disembark from a vessel
A UK Border Force vessel brings people intercepted crossing the Channel into Dover port on 8 October. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

An Iranian man sent back to France under the “one in, one out” scheme has returned to the UK on a small boat, the Guardian has learned.

The man, who wants to claim asylum in the UK, and has spoken to the Guardian since coming back, is being held in a UK immigration detention centre and claims to be a victim of modern slavery at the hands of smugglers in northern France.

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